Features Available by Office Application and Project Type

Visual Studio 2010 has several types of project templates that support different business scenarios for Microsoft Office applications, including the following types:

Document-level customizations.

Application-level add-ins.

Not all applications can use every project type. For example, document-level projects are available only for Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel. Similarly, some features are available only for certain types of projects or applications. For example, the actions pane is available only in document-level projects, and Ribbon extensions are available only for some applications. For more information about the different project types, see Office Solutions Development Overview.